Society, Politics & Law
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
...economic circumstances and so on, to try and determine why some go on to commit crime, as compared to others who do not. This type of research is called a ‘longitudinal study’, as it follows people over a long period to see if their behaviour changes or develops over time. The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development was a longitudinal study that began in the 1960s...